Wesley College Alumni Association Board Meeting August 25, 2007 I. Welcome and call to order Members Attending

Dan Kimmel, President

Stephanie Smith Christiano, Vice President

Lynn Schmid Knable, Secretary

Jane Mac Donald

Matt Lindell

Debbie Kenton

Barry Hawlk

Rich Bradley

Also attending:

Dr. Scott Miller, President of Wesley College

Kevin Loftus, Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Amanda Downes, Director of Alumni Affairs

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  500 freshmen, 60 transfer students, 1475-1510 students total full-time
  
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  Most progressive historically
  
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  More selective admission
  
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  Space availability limited at present
  
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  In 1997, there were 1050 students, 290 residents. Presently, more than 1,000 residents with addition of two new dorms
  
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  In 1997, there were 1,050 students total, in 2007, there were 3,210 students
  

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  67 million over the last 10 years- 40 million in capital improvements
  
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  Eric Nelson credited with balanced budgets and surpluses to roll over
  
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  10 years of unqualified budgets
  

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  Tom Sturgiss back in the position of Vice President for Academic Affairs
  
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  Kevin Loftus and Eric Nelson (Vice President for Finance) are now a team
  
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  Dean Waldrop- Dean of Student Life
  
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  Two new positions- Firman- Dean of Enrollment and Dr. Paul Thornton- Dean of Adult Studies
  

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  Target Adult Studies
  
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  Delaware Bankers Trust School located at New Castle will help bring attention to community bankers attending programs there
  
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  New Castle offering MA in Teaching, MS in Nursing, Liberal Arts degree available in undergrad program. Hope to increase number of adult learners by 500 people in the next 3-5 years
  
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  Online classes- CIC’s online partnership. Not available to traditional students. Targeting age 24 and up initially- add more as time goes on
  

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   Global Initiatives
   
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     Dr. Susan Cooper is Director of Global Initiatives.
     
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     Hope to expand global opportunities for Wesley students to live and study in other countries and for students from other countries to attend Wesley
     
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     Wesley recently entered an academic affiliation agreement with Harlaxton College of England. As one of 15 American colleges, Wesley will offer enhanced educational opportunities beginning in May, 2008.
     
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     57 students from Japan attended Wesley this summer.
     
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     Miyagi University exchange of professors (Japan)
     
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     Istanbul University
     

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   Other Initiatives
   

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  Delaware Biotechnical Institute- presently in 6^th year
  
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    Founded by University of Delaware (U of D)
    
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    Partnership of Wesley, Delaware State University, Delaware Technical and Commun- ity College, and the U of D with the federal government
    
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    Open access to students and faculty
    
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    Wesley a feeder program for graduate students and faculty research, new instrumentation, interactive transmission capability
    

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  Green Campus
  
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    78 colleges at startup, now at 300
    
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    American College and University Presidents Climate Control Initiative
    
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    Energy program
    
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    Recycle bins
    
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    Environmental issues
    
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    Clinton Foundation funded startup with 100 million. Participating colleges submit proposals for projects to update the environment in and around their campuses
    

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   Athletics
   

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  Wesley football in the Atlantic Central Football Conference
  
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  All other sports are in the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC)
  
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  CAC includes 9 quality academic institutions with reputable academic programs. This will provide an increased challenge for our students.
  

Stephanie Smith-Christiano asked President Miller and Kevin Loftus to review the Alumni Board’s revision of its Goals when completed.

Kevin Loftus outlined and presented the “Wesley College Office of Institutional Advancement Strategic Document For July 2007-June2008, Updated August 1, 2007” and the “Office of Institutional Advancement 2007 Phonathon Orientation and Training Manual” to provided insight into the college’s strategies to increase and maintain donor giving to include: individuals and small businesses, foundation and government sources, and alumni. In addition, the Office of Institutional Advancement is the umbrella for advancement services, alumni affairs, parent relations, and the production of magazines and newsletters relating to both planned giving and alumni affairs. (The strategic direction document in available online in the Alumni Board section and is well worth your review, as it summarizes all of the many activities in which the Office of Institutional Advancement is engaged.) It was noted that the calling team of 2 full-time staff and 3 students are a college-wide resource team.

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  All alumni events have been well attended
  
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  Homecoming
  

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  Online community-
  
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    5,800 logins, 1200 updates, 7200 postings, just under 1,000 registered
    
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    drive traffic to the We Are Wesley site to encourage us of this interactive resource
    
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    football coupon will be a tool to see who is attending Homecoming
    
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    can track members preferences to guage interests to tailor programs and services
    

effectively meet their needs

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  Parents Council- in second year. Met on Parents Day and in the spring. Goal is to get members more involved in an advisory capacity.
  

Dan Kimmel presented the report since Tammy Antanaitis was unable to attend the meeting. Barry Hawlk motioned to accept the report (available online). Debbie Kenton seconded. Motion carried.

5. 
   Committee Breakouts
   

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   Committee Reports
   
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      Scholarships Committee - Jane Mac Donald
      

committee’s activities on the website to enable Board members to be prepared for March’s

meeting.

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   Nominating and Membership- the Board should be expanded from 15 members to 20.
   

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   Social: Homecoming – Volunteers needed for check in and tailgating. Members present offered their availability. Stephanie will find others from among those Board members not present. Fred Steigerwalt will continue to seek auction items.
   

4. 
   Hall of Fame
   

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  Amendment proposed to expand and include more academic nominees
  
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  Question: Can we roll over to combine i.e. 2 athletic with 4 non-athletic vs. 3 athletic and 3 non-athletic- how do we differentiate? Discussion.
  
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  Nominees will be posted online
  
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  Options: hold inductions on different nights or all inclusive at the Schwartz on a night other than the Saturday gala? Should we leave unchanged or table to discussion?
  
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  Resolution: Dan and Stephanie will take the matter to Presidetn Miller and come back with a proposal to be posted on the Online Community
  
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  For now, the procedure will remain the same
  

5. 
   Board Nominations
   

Stephanie Smith Christiano, President

Lynn Schmid Knable, Vice President

Jane Mac Donald, Secretary

Tammy Antanaitis, Treasurer
Jane Mac Donald declined the nomination and nominated Debbie Kenton to be Secretary. Debbie accepted. Motion to accept the slate as proposed by Jane MacDonald, seconded by Barry Hawlk, motion carried.

Dan Kimmel adjourned the Board.